
Visions of Kalinago and Garifuna in Peggy Carr’s ‘Shape of a Warrior’: A Review
Shape of a Warrior performs a twofold function, it preserves the past with thoughtful reverence but shows keen awareness that the lives, practices, language, and beliefs of the Kalinago as well as the Garifuna cannot be relegated to relics of history. They literally live among, around, and within us.
Reconnecting to Caribbean Folklore with ‘When We Were Birds’
This is one such narrative that, for me at least, had lain dormant for too long. It blends the stories from our ancestors — recollections from the enslaved, the indentured, and the colonial masters, as well as remnants of indigenous memory. From the very opening of When We Were Birds, we are reminded of this supernatural heritage that is present in our culture.

Among Flowers: A Journey with Jamaica Kincaid
Have you ever looked at a book, read its synopsis, and just knew it would be a book that would change your life?
From the moment I began reading Among Flowers, I mourned finishing it.